Japan loses to Team USA after the umps change their mind, a breakdown

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T-Mobile. Joe Nathan's on the bump

looking to hold it and pass the ball to

Brad Lig who's going to pitch the ninth.

We've got the first pitch high and away

and the next pitch is fouled right off

Schneider's face mask. Then high again.

Two in one pitch hit right back where it

came from. Nice piece of hitting fielded

by Griffy in center field. We've got a

base runner on first. Nathan says, "Oh

man, don't want that." Next batter tries

to bunt. Carlos Lee, crashes, makes the

nice play, comes up a little hurt, but

eventually says, "I'm okay." That's one

out. Then that runner is going to take

off. He steals second. Brian Schneider

throws it to Derek Jeter. They can't get

him. And then Nathan hits the guy right

on the foot. So now you got first and

second. One out. Japan getting it

together at the dish. Another pitch

right off Brian Schneider's face mask.

And then another fast ball high. And

then we got one low. It's two and one.

Did he go? Did he go? They say no. I've

got news for you, Blue. He did. 20 years

later, I'm coming for you. That's a

swing. Why you screwing Team USA? Well,

not as bad as Team Japan is about to get

screwed. Maybe the 3-1 is low now. Bases

are loaded and there's only one out. So,

you got a runner on third, a runner on

second, a runner on first. A sack fly

gives Team Japan the lead and then they

just need three more outs to win the

game and beat Team USA in pool play. The

first pitch is on the ground. Li is

ready. He's just watching like Batman.

Next pitch, fouled back off of Brian

Schneider's face mask again. He's just

getting beat up back there. The 1-1 high

and away. the 2-1. This is the pitch.

It's put into left field. Randy Win

camps under it. Camps under it. Catches

it. Comes up throwing. He's tagging up

the go-ahad run. The throw is late. It's

wide. They say he left early. They say

he left early. We're going to appeal

that. They throw it to third base. And

that umpire, who's a second base umpire,

says, "No, he did not leave early." And

then they say, "Good job. Everyone did a

good job." And then Joe Nathan's like,

"I didn't do a good job. Don't cheer for

me." The fans are laughing. They thought

he left early. They thought we cheated.

We have honor and integrity. We wouldn't

do that. Buck Martinez comes on the top

step. He says, "Bop, that's your call.

That's not his call." And what he's

saying is correct. Here's the play

again. You can see this umpire, second

base umpire. You can see him on the

bottom left. He's running across the

screen. He's not in position to make

that call. That call is actually the

home plate umpire's call. He's the one

that has the view. And the home plate

umpire is like, "Yeah, it's mine." Now,

the problem here and why this is such a

secret that we'll never ever find out

ever is the replay department syncs up

the footage. And the first time they

show it on the broadcast, this is what

we see. We see that. Okay. So, if I go

frame by frame here, he left early.

He left early. And the announcers go,

"Oh, he left early." Yeah, that good

good call by Buck Martinez and Team USA.

He definitely left early. The second

time they show the synced footage. Must

have been a different editor or

something because they show this. I

didn't edit these. I didn't manipulate

these. This is what the broadcast

showed. And this time he clearly didn't

leave early. But which one was synced

together properly and which one wasn't?

Or maybe neither were like there's no

way of knowing. You'd need to find the

high home footage that shows both in the

same shot because they just told the

viewers two completely different

stories. So the homeplayed umpire is

going to talk to him and be like dude

that was my call. You shouldn't have

done that. Now I got to overrule you. I

hope you're not going to be upset. He's

like I'm not. He's like he's out. Like

Buck loves it. Uh team Japan's like

what? I don't think that's cool. Manager

comes out. He's like no no no no no no

no no. And then they debate and argue it

through an interpreter and he's home

player is trying to say like that's it's

not his call. He shouldn't have done

that. It's my call. And if it came to

me, I would have said this. And

everyone's like, "This feels really

yucky. This feels pretty yucky." He's

like, "I don't know." I was trying to do

my best. And Buck Martinez is like,

"Okay, let's go." Did it matter? Yes, it

did. Because in the ninth inning, bases

loaded, two outs. A-Rod puts the ball up

the middle. Team USA scores the go-ahad

run. They walk it off. It feels great

for A-Rod and Team USA. It doesn't feel

good for team Japan because they're like

that is crapola. That's not cool. That

shouldn't have happened. Doesn't matter.

Team Japan would go on to win the whole

dang thing. Anyway, what do you guys

think? And just to be clear, no one has

enough evidence to have a thought on

this. They showed two completely. We

have no angle that even allows you to

have a thought about it. So, what do you

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